David Wilson I think seahorses are probably more widespread than we think.
David Wilson They have been found on screens at cooling water intakes for power stations in the Thames Estuary, and several were rescued and returned to the water after being washed up in a storm in Poole Harbour this autumn.
David Wilson he spiny spider crab suggests early summer.
Andy Horton Off Southwick we get the Short-snouted Seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus
Andy Horton They have been found on screens at cooling water intakes for Shoreham power station.
René Weterings “ Hippocampus hippocampus “
Location: Sint Annaland, Eastern Scheldt, The Netherlands
Olympus E-PL2 with Olympus housing PT-EP03
Lens: M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R @ 42mm
Wet lens: Subsee +10
Camera settings:
f/18
1/180s
ISO200
Strobes: Inon Z-240 + Inon D-2000 (both type 2)
(picture cropped to portrait)
René Weterings “ Hippocampus hippocampus “
Location: Sint Annaland, Eastern Scheldt, The Netherlands
Olympus E-PL2 with Olympus housing PT-EP03
Lens: M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R @ 42mm
Wet lens: Subsee +10
Camera settings:
f/18
1/180s
ISO200
Strobes: Inon Z-240 + Inon D-2000 (both type 2)
(picture cropped to portrait)
René Weterings Yes....this pictures contains a Nudi!! Go find it! ;-)
(hippocampus hippocampus, found on divesite "Zoetersbout" in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands on the 24th of october 2012.
João Pedro Silva I think there's something on the lower left corner but with this image size I can't be sure.
René Weterings I will have a look tonight at home, but I don't know what you mean.
René Weterings The nudi I meant is on the seahorses neck! It is an Elysia viridis.
João Pedro Silva Ah, now I see it! You can only see the head and the rhinophores and part of the parapodia of this Elysia viridis!
João Pedro Silva Did you spot it while shooting or only after seen the photo on the computer screen? I've gathered a few dozens of what I call "uninvited guest" photos. The most dramatic find was of a Cuthona caerulea on a photo of a Flabellina babai... and it was found two and a half years after the shot was taken :)
René Weterings Haha...funny. No, I didn't see it under water, only after watching the pictures on my computer at home!
João Pedro Silva This is my "uninvited guests" set on Flickr. Many nudibranchs but also parasites, copepods, shrimp, etc:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/sets/72157625904859297/with/4767925310/
René Weterings “ Hippocampus hippocampus “
Location: Sint Annaland, Eastern Scheldt, The Netherlands
Olympus E-PL2 with Olympus housing PT-EP03
Lens: M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R @ 42mm
Wet lens: Subsee +10
Camera settings:
f/18
1/180s
ISO200
Strobes: Inon Z-240 + Inon D-2000 (both type 2)
(picture cropped to portrait)
Jos Broere Mooie foto Rene. En ook een mooi zeepaardje.
René Weterings "Hippocampus hippocampus"
Found in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands on the 24th of october 2012!
Olympus E-PL2 with Olympus housing
Dual Inon strobes (Z-240 + D-2000)
14-42mm @ 27mm with UCL-165
f/18
1/180s
ISO200